Description: He is lean but muscular and wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He has shaved his head bald. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is a Cook first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Cook. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and balancing his hectic life and new cook responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Job, In love, Immigrant. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 2000 sp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His childhood dream was to be a Baker, but he was a colossal failure. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Interpreter for the past few years.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Family, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1400 gp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is wearing a long, blue cloak. He sports a long white beard, and similarly colored long hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This malnourished man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He is a great chef.

History: Altho was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 200 pp. Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Jacinth (3000 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Malachite (12 gp).